We wait
For the Christian, there is something to look forward to. Something we should feel great eagerness for. We are anticipating a time when all sorrows will be wiped away. We are anticipating a time when the kingdom will be consummated. We are anticipating the unity of all tribes, tongues, and nations. We are anticipating being with the Lord forever. In remembering that this earth is not our home, that we truly do have citizenship in heaven, we instruct our hearts and minds as we interact with the world around us. So we wait. And we wait—with anticipation. The Apostle Paul waited well and, inspired by the Holy Spirit, he gives us a vision for how we, too, can wait well. Paul’s story is told and retold, and for good reason. Early in his life, he terrorized the church. He describes himself during that period of his life as a Hebrews of Hebrews, a Pharisee, a persecutor of the church, and blameless according to the law (Phil 3:1–6). Paul’s conversion took away his worldly status among the Jew